Begin Your Journey

At the Heritage College, you’ll balance intense academic study with firsthand clinical experience right from the start, with an emphasis on compassion that will attune you to the true needs of patients

Application Process

Applying to the D.O. Program

Begin the application process

To apply to the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, you must begin by completing the application found at the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Services site.
The application deadline for the entering class of 2017 is Feb. 1, 2017.

Primary Application

The medical school application process consists of two parts, the Primary and the Secondary applications.

Once you have submitted your primary application, you will need to arrange to have official transcripts from all institutions attended and MCAT scores sent directly to AACOMAS. DO NOT send this information to the Heritage College. All primary application information goes directly to AACOMAS for processing. Remember to include course information on all post-secondary work you have completed. Even if you only took one course from an institution, you will need to record it on the application and arrange to have a transcript from that institution sent to AACOMAS. MCAT scores must be
electronically submitted
to AACOMAS. Please note that MCAT scores more than three years old at the time of entrance are considered invalid. For example, if you are applying for the entering class of 2018, valid MCAT scores would include anything from January 2015 to January 2018.

It generally takes AACOMAS two to four weeks to process your application once they have your official transcripts and MCAT scores. Missing information will delay processing of your application. You can check the status of your AACOMAS application online any time after submission.

The Office of Admissions will be using the email address that you provide on the AACOMAS application for all correspondence.
Please remember to set your e-mail permissions to accept correspondence from ohio.edu addresses.
Make sure that your address appears on the primary application correctly and that you continue to monitor your account for important messages from the Heritage College.

Secondary Application

The Heritage College will receive your primary application electronically from AACOMAS and will then determine if you are eligible to receive a secondary application. If eligible, you will receive an email with information on how to set up your Heritage College application portal via the e-mail address listed on the primary application. If you are notified that stronger security is required when attempting to login to your secondary application portal, please make sure you are running a modern operating system with an updated browser (e.g. Chrome version 38 or higher, Firefox 27 or higher, Safari 7 or higher, Microsoft Edge).

To be considered for a place in the entering class of 2018, all secondary application materials must be received by March 15, 2018.

The secondary application provides applicants an opportunity to designate preferences for our Athens, Cleveland and Dublin campuses. A separate essay is required for each campus you rank. Ranking all three campuses does not improve your chances for an interview or admission.

If you are selected to receive a secondary application, you will need to do the following:

Arrange to have your letters of reccomendation/evaluation sent to the Heritage College.
*
Letters may be sent thrugh regular U.S. mail, Interfolio, VirtualEvals, or through the AACOMAS application site.

Non-Ohio residents will need to sign a contract of admission

*We require either a letter from a premedical/health professions advising committee OR two letters from natural science faculty who taught you in class.

A committee letter is preferred, but if your institution does not have a committee, you must submit two letters of recommendation/evaluation from
natural science faculty who taught you in class.There are no substitutions for this requirement.

An additional letter from a D.O. is strongly encouraged.

Once all the secondary application materials have been received by the Office of Admissions, your file will be considered complete and will be eligible for further committee review.